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[–] [email protected] 118 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Because" is spelled wrong.

[–] [email protected] 107 points 3 months ago (1 children)

but “bacause” is spelled correctly

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

The ultimate bacon reason

[–] [email protected] 92 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

you're blocked for doing something funny

As a funny person, this makes me sad. They should get a sense of humor.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As my father always said: you may be a funny person, but looks don't count for everything.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I like that! I'm going to steal it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

He would've liked that. He was a real nice guy, always said I had a face for radio.

[–] [email protected] 74 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Blocking someone from a hacking game because they tried to hack it is basically admitting defeat.

[–] [email protected] 125 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Nah, hackthebox and many other red team simulation type sites have strict rules of engagement. You're there to solve a puzzle as defined by hackthebox, not get around the puzzle by hacking hackthebox.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 3 months ago

Oh no, just like if you were actually hired to do a red team simulation for a business! They would have strict rules of engagement and certain systems would potentially be defined as off-limits.

How terrible of Hackthebox to *checks notes... promote industry standard Red Team practices.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That’s not very “Kobayashi Maru” of them.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

I mean that just means you didn’t hack them well enough.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If a real world pentester tries to hack something out of scope, they also get banned. From society. To a prison cell.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's called hackthebox not hackoutofthebox

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

Is this like getting banned from an escape room because you brought (and used) a live grenade to solve the puzzle

(I think they have a strict no-grenades-from-home policy, usually)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Getting caught means the hacker won? Are you a r?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago (2 children)

So trying to hack hackthebox is not permitted? Confusion is the name of the game

Anti Commercial-AI license

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago

hackthebox is essentially a puzzle solving platform where the puzzles are designed to teach you hacking. You're not supposed to hack the platform.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

So trying to hack hackthebox is not permitted? Confusion is the name of the game

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I hope it leads you on a bit before this reveal.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

That's the honeypot

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

At first I thought this was a legit ban but it actually looks more like an error message similar to 404 lol